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The annual Republican ecological and educational campaign “Unified Ecological Lesson” that coincides with the International Day of ecological education was held on May 12, 2014 in educational establishments of the Republic of Tatarstan. The campaign was held for the fifth time and it was organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan in cooperation with administrations of municipal districts and urban districts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Monitoring Service, the Federal Service on Surveillance for Consumer rights protection and human well-being, and the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage for Tatarstan, Kazan Interdistrict Nature Protection Prosecutor’s Office, fellow workers of the Volga-Kama State Biosphere Nature Reserve, as well as active participants of public organizations acted as lecturers at the lesson.

The campaign on cleaning of the territories of public recreation of citizens “Green capital” is held these days in Kazan in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. The event is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with the assistance of Kazan Executive Committee, municipal public organizations, higher educational establishments of the Republic. Today, students of Kazan State Agricultural and representatives of public organizations established order on the territory of Blue Lake, while about 50 bags of litter were collected.

The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, takes part in the work of the 16th International Scientific and Industrial Forum “Great rivers” that is held these days in Nizhny Novgorod. The Forum is devoted to the problems of sustainable and eco-friendly economic development of the great rivers of the world, creation of new forms of international and interregional partnership with regard to solution of the global problems of regulation of the impact made on the environment. The most important tasks of the Forum include development of legal, normative and economic mechanisms for sustainable development assurance, creation of effective forms of management and coordination of the activity of regions in water basins, as well as international cooperation and implementation of international projects.

Today, a recurrent commission tour around Kazan region of Gorkovskaya railway and the adjacent territories was made in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign along the following route: Kazan – Kurkachi – Yudino – Zeleny Dol – Kazan. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Transport and Public Road System of the Republic of Tatarstan, Gorkovskaya railway, representatives of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage, Federal Service on Surveillance for Consumer rights protection and human well-being for Tatarstan, Administrative and technical inspection of Kazan, administrations of districts of Kazan, Vysokogorsky and Zelenodolsky districts of the Republic inspected sanitary state of the easement area of the railway lines. As a reminder, the first tour took place on April 25, 2014. A great work on cleaning of littered territories was conducted. In general, the order was established, while liquidation of the remaining places of unauthorized waste placement continues.

The Republican ecological and educational campaign “Unified ecological lesson” will be held on May 12 in all educational establishments of the Republic of Tatarstan and it will be devoted to the International Day of ecological education.

The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, participated in the celebration devoted to the honoring of veterans of the Great Patriotic War in Apastovo district. About a thousand citizens and guests of Apastovo gathered on the meadow of the district party. The Minister congratulated those who were present with the Day of Great Victory and wished strong health, happiness and buoyancy.

Today inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with public inspectors conducted a raid to the Novo-Savinovsky district of Kazan. Restricted access to Kazanka river and its coastal band was revealed in Rabochaya street caused by installation of perimeter fencing on the territory of the Water-rowing center “Synthes”. A fine in the amount of up to 300 thousand rubles is envisaged for this violation in compliance with article 8.12.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Failure to comply with the terms of assurance of free access of citizens to the public water facility and its coastal band”.

Inspectors of the Central Territorial Department visited Tsaritsyno village, Bakhetle street 28a, in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign, where an unauthorized landfill was formed as a result of untimely waste removal. The area of littered territory amounted to 100 sq. m. At present, the work on identification of people involved in this administrative violation is conducted in order to bring them to responsibility.

Experts of the Department for Environmental Protection under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan inspected the work of the closed-loop system (installed at the filling station of “Tatneft – AZC Center” OOO on Amirkhana street 21a in Kazan) for discharge of oil products with collection of motor fuel vapors from reservoirs and fuel-dispensing units into road-tankers for the purpose of further removal of vapors and their recuperation at petroleum depots. At the moment of fuel discharge, fellow workers of the Central specialized inspection for analytical control under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan drew air samples on the territory of the filling station and on the boundary of a sanitary and protection zone of the filling station near residential buildings. By the end of 2014, it is planned to equip all filling stations of the company “Tatneft – AZC Center” OOO on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan with the systems of recuperation.

The campaign “Day of forest planting” organized by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan is held today in the Republic. More than 1 million seedlings of pine, fir tree and birch will be planted on this day in cities and districts of Tatarstan. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan participated in the campaign held on the land plot of Kadyshevo village. More than 300 seedlings of coniferous species were planted by efforts of ecological specialists.